Truelove's Gutter
by Richard Hawley
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 September 2009
- Label: Mute
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 51:10
- Community rating: 3.82/5 from 8 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Trading the grandiose orchestral sweeps of his previous work for a deeply intimate, sparse atmosphere, the Sheffield crooner explores the dark underbelly of romance and addiction. The instrumentation utilizes rare, unconventional instruments like the waterphone and crystal baschet to create a haunting, distinctly nocturnal ambiance. It stands as a sophisticated, emotionally devastating highlight in his celebrated catalog of modern crooning.
Genres
Descriptors: acoustic, atmospheric, melodic, orchestral, ballad, crooning, vintage
Tracklist
- As the Dawn Breaks (4:36)
- Open up Your Door (4:43)
- Ashes on the Fire (4:25)
- Remorse Code (9:53)
- Don't Get Hung up in Your Soul (4:17)
- Soldier On (6:51)
- For Your Lover Give Some Time (5:38)
- Don't You Cry (10:42)
Credits
- Thomas Bloch - idiophone [cristal bashet], glass harmonica, ondes martenot, idiophone [cristal bashet], glass harmonica, waterphone
- Shez Sheridan - mandola, acoustic guitar [spanish, twelve string acoustic], steel guitar [lap steel guitars], vibraphone, vocals [harmony vocal], acoustic guitar [spanish guitar, gretsch "48" synchromatic acoustic], guitar [12 string guitars], mandola [tremelo mandolas], guitar [tenor guitar, feedback 12 string drones], steel guitar [elbow lap steel], dulcimer, lyre [fisherman's lyre], zither [alpine concert zither], steel guitar [lap steel], acoustic guitar [spanish guitar], lyre [fisherman's lyre], acoustic guitar [acoustic 12 string], lyre [fisherman's lyre], electric guitar [gretsch and baldwin electric 12 string guitars], steel guitar [selmer lap steel guitar], backing vocals
- Liz Hanks - cello [red skies string section], cello [solo cello]
- Lucy Payne - cello [red skies string section]
- Dean Beresford - drums, drums, cymbal [cymbals]
- Jon Trier - piano, organ [pipe organ], celesta [celeste]
- Red Skies String Section - strings
- Felix Tanner - viola [red skies string section]